Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1George W. Childs, 1867 - Law |
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... observed by the laws of England , are these : Inheritances shall lineally descend , to the issue of the person last actually seised , in infinitum ; but shall never lineally ascend 200 201 203-4 The male issue shall be admitted before ...
... observed by the laws of England , are these : Inheritances shall lineally descend , to the issue of the person last actually seised , in infinitum ; but shall never lineally ascend 200 201 203-4 The male issue shall be admitted before ...
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... observed , I. Their original and anti- quity . II . Who may take a testa- ment . III . Its nature and incidents . IV . What are executors and adminis- trators . V. Their office and duty 2. Testaments have subsisted in Eng- land ...
... observed , I. Their original and anti- quity . II . Who may take a testa- ment . III . Its nature and incidents . IV . What are executors and adminis- trators . V. Their office and duty 2. Testaments have subsisted in Eng- land ...
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... observed , and it should be shewn how far they are connected with , or have at any time been affected by , the civil transactions of the kingdom . A plan of this nature , if executed with care and ability , cannot fail of ad ...
... observed , and it should be shewn how far they are connected with , or have at any time been affected by , the civil transactions of the kingdom . A plan of this nature , if executed with care and ability , cannot fail of ad ...
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... observed him often say , that ( after his day's reading ) at his night's congress with his pro- fessional friends , whatever the subject was , he made it the subject of discourse in the com- pany ; for ( said he ) I read many things ...
... observed him often say , that ( after his day's reading ) at his night's congress with his pro- fessional friends , whatever the subject was , he made it the subject of discourse in the com- pany ; for ( said he ) I read many things ...
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... observed , is the greatest act of superiority that can be exercised by one being over another . ( e ) Such laws among the Romans were denomi- nated privilegia * , or private laws , of which Cicero ( de leg . 3. 19 , and in his oration ...
... observed , is the greatest act of superiority that can be exercised by one being over another . ( e ) Such laws among the Romans were denomi- nated privilegia * , or private laws , of which Cicero ( de leg . 3. 19 , and in his oration ...
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Page 1 - There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Page 355 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 177 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Page 196 - Majesty's realms and dominions the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia and of all forces by sea and land and of all forts and places of strength is and by the laws of England ever was the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England, and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot nor ought to pretend to the same...
Page 101 - In this and similar cases the legislature alone can, and indeed frequently does, interpose, and compel the individual to acquiesce. But how does it interpose and compel? Not by absolutely stripping the subject of his property in an arbitrary manner; but by giving him a full indemnification and equivalent for the injury thereby sustained.
Page 141 - An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him.*?
Page 89 - ... protect individuals in the enjoyment of those absolute rights, which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature; but which could not be preserved in peace without that mutual assistance and intercourse, which is gained by the institution of friendly and social communities. Hence it follows that the first and primary end of human laws is to maintain and regulate these absolute rights of individuals.
Page 78 - Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 117 - ... there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate; yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still 'in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative', when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them...
Page 167 - ... heirs; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born: as a brother, or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child; or a daughter, whose present hopes may be hereafter cut off by the birth of a son.